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Declining grassland Biodiversity in the UK and our local Green Spaces
We are in a time of massive decline in UK biodiversity. 41% of UK species have declined since the 1970s and individually, many species’...

Watlington Climate Action Group
Jul 16, 20222 min read


Can car sharing help us all save money and reduce our carbon footprint?
Emily Kerr a Councillor for the Green Party in Oxford certainly thinks so. Emily gave a talk to the Watlington Climate Action Group on...

Watlington Climate Action Group
Jul 16, 20222 min read


No Mow May and June
Several sites in Watlington took part in the “No Mow May” initiative, with owners and managers encouraging a more relaxed approach to...

Watlington Climate Action Group
Jun 21, 20222 min read


The Proof is in the Plants, by Simon Hill
Book Review: Tom Robinson This 2021 book by nutritionist and physiotherapist Simon Hill summarises the most contemporary scientific...

Watlington Climate Action Group
May 7, 20222 min read


Watlington Climate Action Plan: What is our carbon Footprint?
In my last two articles, I explored the science which links Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere, how that affects global temperatures and...

Watlington Climate Action Group
May 7, 20222 min read


April - Green Plan Update
A good hedgerow is much more than the sum of its parts; it is an entire sustainable ecosystem. That also very much describes the Watlington

Watlington Climate Action Group
Apr 3, 20222 min read


High Sheriff's Climate Action Heroes Awards.
High Sheriff - Climate Action Heroes Awards Ceremony 21st February 2022 Held at The Oxford Trust, Stansfeld Park, Quarry Road,...

Watlington Climate Action Group
Feb 26, 20223 min read


Can we get to “Net Zero” in Watlington?
In December Watlington Parish Council agreed a Climate Action Plan which commits the council to work to achieve “Net-zero Carbon Dioxide...

Watlington Climate Action Group
Feb 15, 20222 min read
The Importance of being Imperfect
Everyone can make a difference to their impact on the planet, and there are many ways to achieve this, but the mix of things will be...

Watlington Climate Action Group
Jan 9, 20222 min read


Green Plan Update: January 2022
WATLINGTON’S HEDGEROW PROJECT What a morning it was on the 11 December! About 25 volunteers bearing spades gathered in West Meadow to...

Watlington Climate Action Group
Jan 9, 20222 min read


What is the shape of your footprint?
Everyone’s environmental footprint is different, but what shape is yours and what shape would you like it to be? 1. First mark on...

Watlington Climate Action Group
Jan 9, 20221 min read


Looking forward to the Christmas Tree Festival!
WCAG is joining organisations across Watlington in creating a Christmas Tree for the Christmas Tree Festival at St Leonards Church. The...

Watlington Climate Action Group
Nov 20, 20212 min read


Sharing Pigments
"Sharing Pigments" is a short film which documents the project to collect pigments from trees around Oxfordshire, representing the...
Nicola Schafer
Nov 13, 20211 min read


Live Well For The Planet
It was I believe, following the brilliant success of the film our very own Nicola Schafer produced on Hedgerows that I suggested perhaps...

Watlington Climate Action Group
Nov 13, 20214 min read


Up The Ask
Chris Packham talks to Philip Lymbery at the Peter Roberts Compassion in Farming Lecture On Sunday 7th November I had the pleasure of...

Watlington Climate Action Group
Nov 10, 20214 min read


COP-26 - More broken promises, or real change
What to expect from COP-26? COP-26: humanity’s last hope to avert climate catastrophe? Muddling bureaucracy, baffling policies and...

Watlington Climate Action Group
Oct 31, 20213 min read


Watlington Hedgehog Highway Scheme
At the Green Plan Art Trail on August Bank Holiday weekend, WCAG launched a Hedgehog Highway Scheme – a project to try and get as many...

Watlington Climate Action Group
Oct 31, 20212 min read


GREEN PLAN : Tree Foster Care Scheme
One of the drivers for the Watlington Climate Action Group and the Green Plan is to increase tree cover in the parish to improve...

Watlington Climate Action Group
Sep 26, 20213 min read


To our amazing Green Plan Art Trail volunteers.
Thank you so much for helping make the Green Plan Art Trail a reality! Our ambitious plan could not have happened without you. There were...

Watlington Climate Action Group
Sep 3, 20213 min read


"From the Ground Up: 20 Stories of Climate Action"
"From the Ground Up: 20 Stories of Climate Action" is an art exhibition by some of the community action groups that make up the...

Watlington Climate Action Group
Sep 3, 20211 min read
